Comments on: How to Zip Files in Mac OS Xhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/
News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPadSun, 18 Feb 2018 03:45:32 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4By: PReiniehttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-3391067
Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:42:28 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-3391067Good article but you started out with “We recently demonstrated how to password protect zip archives…” so how do you right-click compress with encryption/password protection?

What program (ie, terminal command) is executed for right-click compress? (I know I can use zip, tar, etc.)

[I may have to write a service/script to compress with encryption like zip can do.]

]]>By: PReiniehttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-3391061
Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:32:31 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-3391061The amount of compression you get depends on the data. Some data is already so compact that compressing just doesn’t do much.

MS Office 2007 and above use XML for the documents which is already very compact so compression may not save you much.

Think of some data as liquids which are basically not compressible (unless there is air or something else compressible within it) versus gasses like the air we breath which can be compressed in a scuba tank, or solids like lava, wood or a crumpled newspaper which has a lot of gas bubbles/pockets in it and can be compressed. Steel is already pretty compact so you won’t get much by compressing it.

]]>By: Matthttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-3172758
Sun, 08 Jan 2017 16:48:14 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-3172758Same here. If anyone could come up with a solution, that’d be great.
]]>By: Katie O'Brienhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-2344229
Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:14:43 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-2344229I was able to zip my file but its didn’t make it smaller in size? Any thoughts?
]]>By: Niteeshhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-2133932
Tue, 29 Mar 2016 09:08:06 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-2133932Please help me. I’ve an iPhone 6 running iOS 9.3 and MacBook Air 11″ running Mac OS X 10.11. I’m unable to exchange files between them using AirDrop. I can exchange files with my mom’s iPhone 6S Plus running iOS 9.2.1. Please help me.
]]>By: Lindseyhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-1408136
Sat, 01 Aug 2015 08:01:46 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-1408136What do you do when you compress files into a zip file and you email it and it doesn’t go through because it says file is too large ?
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Fri, 24 Apr 2015 23:25:06 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-1125806Same here! what did you do?
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Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:33:50 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-476189LOLZ
]]>By: jjhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-470983
Mon, 31 Dec 2012 05:35:48 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-470983THANK YOU! LIFE SAVER AT 12:33 am!!
]]>By: Kinghttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-447750
Wed, 07 Nov 2012 23:02:32 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-447750Thanks, I needed these simple instructions! I used to use Stuffit, but now I can just right click. Great!
]]>By: Rowhttp://osxdaily.com/2012/01/10/how-to-zip-files-in-mac-os-x/#comment-446999
Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:18:04 +0000http://osxdaily.com/?p=25830#comment-446999Thank you for your article. I am a college student and have bought my very first Mac lab top. Your article was very useful for me always being a windows user.

Thank you very much!

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